Adam reichert



(No Model.)

A. REICHERT.

MACHINE PUR S-HOGKING AND BINDING CORN.

No. 412,220. Patented Oct. 1. 1889.

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UNITED STATES ADAM REICHERT, OF TIFFIN,

PATENT MACHINE FOR SHOCKING ANDy BINDING CORN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,220, dated October l, 1889. 'Application tiled December 20, 1888- Serial No. 294,207. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ADAM REICHERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tifiin, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Horses for Shockers and Binders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which- 1o Figure l represents a perspective view of the machine complete; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 a detail perspective view of one of the combined leg-and-lever supports.

I 5 The object of my invention is to furnish an extremely light machine oi' that character used to sustain cornstalks while the same are being shocked until a sufficient amount is accumulated to bind, and then by the operaeo tions of the machine, as hereinafter described, the stalks of the shock may be drawn tight together and held permanently in position until the tie-band is securely placed around them.

By means of this invention the shock is more firmly put together and with greater ease, and is never liable to come apart and blow over, as is common with the old way of shocking.

3o To enable others skilled in the art to manufacture my machine, I will describe it as follows:

l take a suitable piece of timber to form a beam A, provided with a vertical slot in one 3 5 end, this slot having journaled in it a pulley a. Two legs B B are fastened to this piece A near the other end by means of clips or sockets b, the upper ends of these legs being beveled to throw the legs apart at the bottom 4o to make the foundation broad enough to sustain the machine. The metallic clips b b are formed with upward extensions b b', which pass above the piece A and form a bearing for the fulcrum or pivot of the lever D, as

shown. The upper ends of the rigid legs B B are secured in the sockets andthe sockets secured to the beam A by means of horizontal bolts 12', which pass through the legs, through apertures b in the sockets, and into the beam.

5o A leg E is pivoted in the vertical slot in the end of the main piece A, and is of the same size as the other legs, but has a sharp point at the lower end to enable it to be pressed into the ground gently to assist in sustaining the machine in an upright position while the shock of corn is being formed. The lever D is pivoted, as before stated, between the ears h b of the clips h h, and is provided with a hole c through it, in which hole one end of the rope C is fastened, and in its upper side with 6o a notch d to place the free portion or end of the rope in temporarily, while drawing the corn snugly. While the corn is being placed in position the lever is thrown forward, giving the utmost slack to the rope. The rope C is provided with a suitable number of knots or stops e near its free end, and is passed forward under the pulley o and around the shock of corn, when itis drawn taut and the free end dropped in the said notch (Z in lever D. 7o By pulling the lever backward, as shown in Fig. 2, the rope is drawn tight around the shock from both directions, and when the lever is pressed farther back or thrown down,

as in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the force on the rope will hold it in position while the shock is being bound, as is evident. By thus journaling a pulley upon the forward end of the beam and passing the compressing-rope around the same, I avoid pulling or tipping So the shock over out of its vertical position during the compressing operation, the portions of the compressingrope upon opposite sides of beam being drawn in toward the beam steadily and evenly. The shock is thereby firmly compressed in the precise position in which it was originally formed, tilting neither one way nor the other.

By means of the stops e any desired tension may be given to the tightening-rope or 9o any sized shock compressed, as is evident.

ln placing the corn in position l pass through a hole in the piece A a pin F, about three feet long. This forms the corners, so that the corn will be held in substantially an 9 5 upright position until the shock is finished. When the shock is bound and finished, this pin Fis withdrawn and the lever is thrown forward, relieving the cord or rope. The free or knotted end of the cord is then detached roc from the slot in the lever and the cord released from around the shock, and the machine raised at the end Where the legs B B are attached and drawn backward out of the shock, the leg E moving forward in a parallel line with the main piece A, so that it presents no obstruction in removing the machine from the shock.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a corn-shocker, the combination of a beam, a pulley at one end thereof, a lever pivoted at the other end, and a rope connected at one end to the lever, passed around the pulley, and having' its other end adapted to be detach-ably connected to the lever, substantially as described.

2. In a corn-shocker, the combination of a beam, a pulley, and a pivoted leg at one and the same end, fixed legs 'and a pivoted lever at the other end, and a rope connected at one end to the lever, passed around the pulley,

whereby it is adapted to be detachably connected to the lever, substantially as described. 3. In a corn-shocker, the combination of a beam having a slot in one end, a pulleyin said slot and a lever at the other end thereof, and a compressive rope passed over the pulley and attached atits ends to the lever, substantially as described. y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADAM REIOHERT. Witnesses:

A. C. BARBOUR, SADIE HooK.

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